Show HN: Watchman – Capturing Invisible B2B Buyers with AI (Built with 4 PhDs)
We are a small team that has been bootstrapping an AI‑native solution to help B2B companies capture hidden buyers by automating the identification, research, and qualification of anonymous website visitors with just one line of code.
Here is a quick product video: https://youtu.be/ptGYkWbCJN4?si=hLvZGVbYMYbxzNwg
Four of our five team members hold PhDs in statistical inference or related fields, and we came together because we believe that modern GTM tools excel at collecting signals but fall short on the inference layer. Simply plugging an LLM into a dashboard won’t cut it – the real breakthrough requires a far sharper lens and far stronger predictive engines than legacy platforms provide. That’s exactly what we’re building.
The current version of Watchman transforms anonymous web traffic into pipelines of qualified accounts and person‑level leads. Our agent identifies, researches, and qualifies anonymous visitors, syncs those enriched leads into tools like HubSpot and Salesforce, sends live notifications to Slack and email, and supports unlimited users so you can invite your entire team.
We’d love for you to try it out and share your feedback! Check it out at https://joinwatchman.com
If I visit one of your customer’s websites, have I given them permission to collect and process my personal information? Do you have a way to avoid collecting this PII for people in GDPR countries? If I were to send you a CCPA request, do you have a mechanism to completely avoid storing my information?
I think this product is inherently incompatible with personal privacy, although I’d be interested in hearing why I’m wrong.
This is some fascinating mental gymnastics.
Because it’s profitable.
And so is dumping waste into rivers, but I hope people will continue to tell the people doing it that they’re wrong for doing so.
In other words, our goal is to create efficiency and reduce friction for buyers, sellers, and the planet rather than offloading harm onto someone else.